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Kevin FOO

A software engineer, a rock climbing, inline skating enthusiast, a husband, a father.

Setup Alpine Linux

Jan 11, 2026

From my previous post on how to setup Alpine Linux with UTM virtual machine. Now this post on how to setup Alpine Linux.

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Start setup by setup-alpine then choose the desired machine name at hostname.

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  • Setup root account password.
  • Setup timezone. I’m in Asia, Singapore.
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  • I don’t need proxy.
  • Default NTP busybox .
  • Random APK mirror.
  • Not recommended to use root for everything. Best to create an account.
  • Don’t need SSH key.
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  • Default SSH server openssh .
  • Use vda disk.
  • Use the disk as sys .
  • Erase the disk y .
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Shutdown using poweroff .

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Click [Clear] to remove ISO then [Save].

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Now start the VM.

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Kevin FOO
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A software engineer, a rock climbing, inline skating enthusiast, a husband, a father.